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I received my PhD from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield in 2021. I analysed how people with aphasia and their companions use and understand silence within everyday conversations using the methodology of conversation analysis (CA).

Following this, I undertook a role as a Research Fellow at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Nottingham on the VOICE2 project. This project examined how to avoid, manage, and resolve episodes of distress in people living with dementia in UK acute hospital wards. In 2023, I returned to the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield and began work on the NIHR HS&DR-funded project Improving triadic decision-making involving people with dementia. This is a cross-sectional and longitudinal conversation analytic study examining how healthcare professionals, patients and their companions/carers are involved in making decisions and how decision-making evolves as a person’s dementia progresses. 

I also hold an honorary position at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Nottingham, and I run the Dementia and Conversation Analysis Network (DemCAN), an international monthly online meeting of CA researchers. DemCAN serves as a platform for those undertaking dementia research to collaborate by sharing their data and gaining analytic insights from other researchers.